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Steve Darling vs Josh Babarinde

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.


Voting alignment

Steve Darling and Josh Babarinde voted the same way 98% of the time, based on 362 shared comparable votes.

354 same votes 8 different votes 362 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
36 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
36 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No
12 Aye 11 No
Defence 100% aligned 23 shared votes
12 Aye 11 No
Most different by topic
9 Aye 0 No
NHS / Health 89% aligned 9 shared votes
8 Aye 1 No
36 Aye 40 No
Tax 100% aligned 76 shared votes
36 Aye 40 No
21 Aye 21 No
Crime / Justice 100% aligned 42 shared votes
21 Aye 21 No
16 Aye 12 No
Education 100% aligned 28 shared votes
16 Aye 12 No
10 Aye 13 No
Benefits 100% aligned 23 shared votes
10 Aye 13 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

67.5%
5% below average
Rank 472 of 649
Participation
70.3%
2% below average
Rank 425 of 649
398
590 eligible divisions
Total votes
415
590 eligible divisions
217
54.5% of votes cast
Aye votes
224
54.0% of votes cast
181
45.5% of votes cast
No votes
191
46.0% of votes cast
7
1.8% of votes cast
Against party
2
0.5% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

142
+58.3 vs Commons average
Rank 82 of 649
Appearances
116
+32.3 vs Commons average
Rank 127 of 649
168
+22.1 vs Commons average
Rank 173 of 649
Contributions
133
-12.9 vs Commons average
Rank 234 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£235,469
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£181,159
all imported IPSA years
£235,469
4% above average
Latest expenses
£181,159
20% below average
8
5 registered categories
Registered interests
9
2 registered categories
0
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
2
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
27 of 32 votes
#1
#2
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
NHS / Health
9 of 11 votes
#3
Environment / Climate
9 of 9 votes
Democracy / Parliament
11 of 14 votes
#4
NHS / Health
10 of 11 votes
Benefits
23 of 30 votes
#5
Benefits
26 of 30 votes
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API